Breaking News: Lawmaker Charged In Shooting Death.

Westmoreland County Prosecutors Have ...... filed charges including reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm by a minor, perjury
and false swearing against state Sen. Robert Regola, R-Westmoreland, in connection with the shooting death of a teenaged neighbor.According to a report by KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Regola could be arraigned as soon as tomorrow in the shooting death of Louis Farrell, 14, who was found last July in a wooded area behind his house with Regola's gun nearby. Earlier this month, the Westmoreland County Coroner's office ruled Farrell's death a suicide, but left the door open to the possibility that charges could be filed against the state lawmaker.State police say Regola, a rising Republican star, gave conflicting statements and lied on the stand while
testifying under oath at a coroner's inquest into Farrell's death, KDKA reported..According to an affidavit supporting the charges, investigators said Regola
changed his story several times as to where he kept his 9mm handgun. At
one point, authorities say the senator told them – under oath – that he
kept the gun in his son's bedroom. At another, investigators say
Regola claimed he kept the gun in a safe at his office, KDKA reported Right now, no charges have been filed against Regola's 17-year-old son.Regola was elected to the Senate in 2004, defeating long-time Democratic Sen. Allen Kukovich in a surprising upset.More on this story as it develops.